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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Chapter VI, "The Robinson Affair".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the stoker's job?
(a) He assists the head chef.
(b) He makes sure the ship is on course.
(c) He carries passenger luggage.
(d) He tends the fire that powers the ship.

2. What is the significance of the lift boy that passes Karl and Robinson while Karl is sneaking Robinson into the dormitory?
(a) He has been called to clean the light shaft.
(b) He has been called to cover Karl's lift.
(c) He has a message for the head waiter.
(d) He is running from the fight in the dormitory.

3. What item of his does Karl expect to find in the dining room?
(a) His gloves.
(b) His hat.
(c) His pocket watch.
(d) His umbrella.

4. What does Karl first notice about Klara when he sees her in the light?
(a) The bruise on her cheek.
(b) How large the pupils of her eyes are.
(c) The redness of her lips.
(d) The lace at the throat of her dress.

5. When the trio stop for lunch, whose father does Karl hear gossip about?
(a) Mack's.
(b) Jakob's.
(c) Klara's.
(d) Green's.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the office, to whom does Karl show his passport?

2. What does Robinson say prevented him and Delamarche from finding work after Karl left them outside the Occidental Hotel?

3. In the story's opening, what does Karl realize he has left below deck?

4. What do Karl and Klara get into a fight about after dinner?

5. What are the "gilded caryatids" on the door outside the office (10)?

(see the answer key)

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